Hi Julie,So glad you photographed this as so many were upset at its loss. In late 2009 & early 2010 I did some plein air paintings of this mural & the other buildings - Rankin Court, the Diabetes Centre & the RMO- demolished for the Kinghorn Centre construction.They'll be exhibited at St Vincent's 3rd Feb - 8th March.

I've looked at your post this morning and thought about it during the day. That is something special that photography offers, capturing and preserving the essence of things ... provided we take the trouble to do so. But it is often the things that we were not meaning to photograph, the things in the background, that in the end prove the most interesting further down the track.

I agree to some extent, Joan. Take today's photograph. One of the commenters has taken me into an altogether different space, which you will hear more about over the next little while and, indeed, as the year progresses. You see, she is a taphophile!

Photographer as cultural historian is a time honored tradition. I too lament that this mural is gone. But it seems to me that street artists live with the understanding that their work is likely ephemeral. Thank you for participating in Monday Mural this week. Your post generated lively interaction that was interesting to read. And thanks for the heads up about the missing W. It had been there and then wasn't. It's again in place.